Kim Kardashian made her first formal public appearance since the birth of daughter North, sitting front row at Givenchy's Paris Fashion Week Show with Kanye West on Sunday and wearing an outfit styled by Carine Roitfeld. The couple was joined in the front row by Noomi Rapace, Lily Collins and Ciara. [WWD]

Emily Deschanel of “Bones” and Josh Radnor of “How I Met Your Mother” hosted the annual Rape Foundation Brunch in Beverly Hills on Sunday, honoring Judd Apatow, Albert Brooks and Eric McCormack as "three dads with plans to help educate other men about the importance of the cause," writes Ellen Olivier at Society News LA. [Society News LA]

As manufacturers in fashion and home textiles try to return offshore sewing jobs to the U.S., they are finding a shortage of skilled labor. [NYT]

The runner-up to Ald. Deb Mell in the Feb. 24 election filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging widespread problems with voting in the Northwest Side 33rd Ward aldermanic race as he tries to force her into a head-to-head runoff five weeks from now.

The Evergreen Park youth baseball coach who blew the whistle about Jackie Robinson West using ineligible players — leading to the team being stripped of a Little League national championship — faces disorderly conduct, assault and several other charges in connection with an incident...

Hershel Phillips is the youngest suspect in a large "crash-and-grab" ring that barreled through the doors of high-end stores and made off with more than $2 million in merchandise over the last several months, according to police.

The Chicago Cubs on Tuesday sought City Hall permission to expand construction hours at Wrigley Field, with bleacher work falling well behind schedule on the team's $375 million ballpark renovation project.